Fractal Travelleing

mesmeric fractal playground right here - http://iacopoapps.appspot.com/hopalongwebgl/

(rupert newman)

Overview Effect: Earth as a Spaceship

Here is a 20min short that comes close to what one might deem as compulsory viewing. I’ve often heard that those who have been lucky enough to have seen Earth from space never fail to react to it in a powerful way; very lovely to hear a collection of feelings, thoughts and emotions here. Our precious and glimmering bauble, hurtling around our solar system can be thought of as a living spaceship. There is also a large slice of Lovelock’s Gaia about this, although not mentioned.

.Go Badger.

Matt Sewell's water-coloru for The Somerset Badger Group:

Somerset Badger Group set up a badger vaccination initiative last year and under licence from Natural England the volunteers have successfully vaccinated 62 badgers over an area of approx 1200 acres, within the Somerset cull area. 

You can donate here are in with a chance of winning the painting.

http://www.justgiving.com/somersetbadgergroup

3D MAPPING//TECHNO CITY

very cool indeed: interactive music maker with 3D mapped visuals projected onto a model of a future city.

http://tokyocitysymphony.com/

Dalston // Commuter Meltdown

On a stretch of the M40 before it hits the M25 is a fence upon which was the message that you see below.  After years of daily grinding along the same dry route towards a vapid office, a commuter finally snapped at some point during the 90s. During this inspired corporate meltdown, the sorry worker-droid daubed 'Why do I do this everyday' across this stretch of fence  - this was later repainted:

Why do I still do this everyday? 

(Artist Unknown, mid '90s - Mixed Media)

In the Scolt's Head pub I recently came across a similar sentiment, albeit one stuck in a totally different rut (and perhaps with a touch less conviction).  It was scrawled onto the back of a bathroom door and served as an instant reminder to the work that I remember seeing a few times in the '90s.

"It's too easy to get stuck doing this every weekend.  Every fucking weekend"

(Artist Unknown, Black Sharpie on pub door, Feb 2013)

There is a certain tragedy that goes hand in hand with these acts; they are as much a cry for help as they are pieces of graffiti.  If either of these two trapped-expressionists are readers of PowerDome, good news. Get in touch, I think I've got a few ideas about how to shake things up. 

KOMPUTER LOVE

Regular PowerDome heads will know all about this blog’s love of robots and androids.

Here is some footage of a few  'droids and their workings.

Not sure what the funk they thought they were doing with Krafwerk’s Computer Love though.

Best to turn down the youtube volume and crank this up:

MARIA

Battle of the Horrors: CCCP vs 日本

It'd been a while since these photos of charming Russian fun-zones had materialised until @jackbmurphy pointed me in the direction of this Japanese joy-park.

JAPAN

moving Swiftly on...

Cheers.

Shoes winning bad vibe prize here.

CCCP

Here are some delights to be found in certain Russian pleasure places.

 









A KGB warning for the young.